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	Decommissioned highway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A decommissioned highway is a highway whose status is downgraded.
		Decommissioned highways are most common in the United States of America, as the states build freeways as a new classification of highways, the state may strip the old highway of its old designation as a numbered highway or downgrade it to a 'lesser' status.
		At times the highway that the superhighway supplants may be demolished so that it cannot be used for such illicit purposes as impromptu drag racing or as an airstrip for drug traffickers, particularly in the thinly-populated areas of the western United States in which the resources of law enforcement might be pointlessly overstretched.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Decommissioned_highway (739 words)

	U.S. Highway 12 - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		As of 2004, the highway's eastern terminus is in Detroit at an indeterminate point downtown.
		Its western terminus is in Aberdeen, Washington at an intersection with U.S. Highway 101.
		It is still possible to drive the highway from Belle Isle in Detroit all the way to The Magnificent Mile in Chicago, with only a few places in which one is required to navigate around the interstate highway.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/u/s/U.S._Highway_12_89b9.html (564 words)

	King's Highway 7 - www.OntHighways.com
		Highway 7 is a long highway that before downloading stretched from Highway 40 at Sarnia, easterly to Highway 417 near Ottawa.
		In Southwestern Ontario, Highway 7 was entirely decommissioned west of Highway 4 at Elginfield between 1997 and 98.
		Highway 7 was downloaded between Norval and Highway 48 in Markham between 1997 and 2001, leaving distinct western and eastern segments of the highway.
	www.onthighways.com /highway_7.htm (401 words)

	U.S. Highways in Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Reflecting the nationwide changes in the U.S. highway system in its first few years of existence, new routes were soon extended into Minnesota: 77 (briefly duplexed with 12 near the South Dakota border) was added about 1930; the entirely intra-state 371 was established in 1931 and 169 was extended into the state in 1932.
		Another change shown on this map: trunk highway 59 from the Iowa border to Lake City is shown as U.S. Now, at that time 59 did not exist, and it is possible that this was a proposal to create a U.S. highway from Iowa to Minnesota that fortuitously could utilize the former marked route number.
		U.S. was decommissioned between Forest Lake and Minneapolis; U.S. was eliminated north of Albert Lea; U.S. removed north of Wyoming (soon to be cut back to St. Paul); and U.S. done away with east of Rapid City SD in its entirety.
	www.steve-riner.com /mnhighways/ushwys.htm (1664 words)

	U.S. Highway Ends: maps and terminus photos
		Highways highlighted in pink are 3-digit routes with numbers that I consider to be major violations of the US route numbering system.
		I realize that's subjective, but the point is I'm not inclined to waste bandwidth by posting photos of statelines where a highway happened to end for a few years, or of "incremental" endpoints that were just temporary while a route was in the process of being truncated or extended to another location.
		All highways are shown in the context of their "route family" (in other words, 3-digit branch routes are shown on the same map as their 2-digit parent route).
	www.geocities.com /mapguy_denver/HwyEnds (1063 words)

	National Postal Museum
		After the bus was decommissioned in the 1960s, a postal worker hid it in a succession of Post Office Department garages to keep it from being discarded as surplus.
		Highway Post Office routes were organized on round trips which averaged about 150 miles each way.
		Highway mail routes generally served an average of 25 post offices directly and many others indirectly through Star Route and railway mail connections.
	www.postalmuseum.si.edu /exhibits/2c1e_hypobus.html (637 words)

	U.S. Highway 60 - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		United States Highway 60 is an east-west United States highway, running 2,670 miles (4,300 km) from Virginia to Arizona.
		As of 2005, the highway's eastern terminus is in Virginia Beach, Virginia at the south end of Pacific Avenue (South end of Rudee Inlet bridge).
		Its western terminus was from 1932 to 1966 in Los Angeles but was moved to east of Quartzsite, Arizona at an intersection with Interstate 10 after the highway was decommissioned through California starting in 1964.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/u/s/U.S._Highway_60_f6ac.html (388 words)

	U.S. and Interstate Highways in New Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		U.S. and 80 were decommissioned in their entirety, while U.S. has essentially ceased to exist in New Mexico without an official elimination by AASHTO (Texas must be holding out for its portion of that route).
		The 2003 New Mexico highway map (as well as other atlases) shows this as the 70-285 mainline and Main Street through the city as removed from the state highway system, and so it is likely this route has disappeared.
		The highway travels across the desert floor with mountain ranges visible to the north and the south.
	www.steve-riner.com /nmhighways/us-interstates.htm (7343 words)

	King's Highway 8 - www.OntHighways.com
		In 1998, Highway 8 was shortened significantly as all non-freeway urban sections of the highway were decommissioned.
		Highway 8 is discontinuous from Highway 401 at the Kitchener- Cambridge to the southern city limits of Cambridge.
		Freeway: Highway 8 is a freeway from the eastern end of New Hamburg Bypass to Highway 401 near Cambridge
	www.onthighways.com /highway_8.htm (571 words)

	U.S. 666: Beast of a Highway? - Revised 06/18/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1985, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO, as AASHO is now called), eliminated the number "66," at the request of the States involved, after the highway had been replaced by Interstate highways.
		After all, 'the highway has the devil's name.'" It was also the subject of a cartoon in The New Yorker's issue of February 23/March 2, 1998 (a Corvette-type open top sports car is passing the U.S. 666 sign; the driver and his passenger are depicted as satanic figures).
		The New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department joined with Colorado and Utah transportation officials in submitting a recommendation to eliminate the last remaining segments of U.S. 666 and establish a new route, U.S. 393, in its place.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /infrastructure/us666.htm (3911 words)

	Finding US 99
		Starting in the 1960s, it was decommissioned gradually and by the end of the 1970s it was decommissioned entirely.
		It was the main artery along the West Coast for almost 40 years and it is well known as the highway that carried the migrant farm workers of the 1930s through the San Joaquin Valley.
		US 99 was completely decommissioned by 1968 with the completion of I-5, but it had gradually been phased out beginning July 1, 1964.
	www.gbcnet.com /ushighways/US99/US99.html (1009 words)

	Roadklahoma: Defunct Oklahoma State Highways
		Occasionally, a decommissioned highway number is reused in a totally different part of the state.
		DECOMMISSIONED: Started just east of where OK-59A met what is now OK-3W, travelled south to Roth, east to Fittstown, south for 3 miles along what is now OK-99/US-377, east to Jesse, then north to a couple of miles north of Stonewall, then east, where is ended at OK-48 just south of Lula.
		With the demotion of the US highway to a state route, this road was renamed 66B, the name is still has today.
	roads.tulok.net /x0.html (1240 words)

	End of Iowa 212 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Tama County stretch of Highway 212, part of the original Lincoln Highway, was decommissioned in 1980 but still occasionally shows up on maps today.
		Highway 212 was extended to Marengo in 1934, replacing 73 (although one 1934 map, for some reason, has 73 replacing 212).
		Highway 212 is part of the shortest Marshalltown-Iowa City route, so it's nice for that traffic to not have to stop.
	www.angelfire.com /ia/jdmorrison/ends/ia212.html (887 words)

	U. S Highways: From US 1 to (US 830)
		All US highways past and present are listed here, with their length in miles and (historical maximum extent), if different from current length.
		Also listed are the states the roads pass or passed though (with links to other sites), length of the highway (current and/or historic), the roads that replaced it, and other notes, such as years of commissioning and decommissioning and major extensions and truncations.
		When the US highway system was established, most of this system was absorbed into the nascent numbering system, some was not.
	www.us-highways.com (3460 words)

	Wikinfo \| Route 66
		U.S. Highway 66 or Route 66 was and is the most famous road in the U.S. Highway system and quite possibly the most famous and storied highway in the world.
		With its essentially flat course and favourable weather, the highway became popular with trucks, thus contributing to the growth of that industry.
		U.S. 66 was officially decommissioned in 1985 after it was decided the route was no longer relevant and had been replaced by the Interstate Highway System.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Route_66 (2244 words)

	3-digit Interstates from I-78
		There was an elevated highway along the west side, called NY 9A, dating back to the 1930s.
		The highway from Battery Park to 57th street was closed permanently.In the early 1980s, it was demolished in stages.
		"The former West Side Highway, which was to be the new Westway (I-478) before losing out to the cause of striped bass in 1988, is currently being reconstructed as an at-grade "urban boulevard", complete with park space and "designer" lighting.
	www.kurumi.com /roads/3di/ix78.html (1459 words)

	Michigan Highways: Highways 100 through 119
		Today's M-107 is the remnant of a planned Lake Superior shoreline highway running westerly from Silver City via Lake of the Clouds and on through the rest of what had yet to become the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in 1935, and on to the Black Harbor area on Lake Superior north of Bessemer.
		This highway is only snowplowed as far as the state park's Winter Sports Complex (downhill and cross-country ski area) in the winter.
		Unlike other state-maintained highways, M-119 through this stretch has no shoulders and in most places, is not marked with center dividing lines as the pavement is not a full two lanes wide in many areas.
	www.michiganhighways.org /listings/MichHwys100-119.html (7736 words)

	NDEVC - Public Roads Article
		Five decommissioned highway bridges are used to evaluate NDE methods under realistic environmental conditions.
		In the evaluation of highway bridges, it is critical to determine the distribution of loading and to evaluate the stress levels in load-carrying members of the bridge.
		Glenn A. Washer is the program manager of the Federal Highway Administration's Nondestructive Evaluation Validation Center at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, Va. He has a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a master's degree in civil engineering from the University of Maryland.
	www.tfhrc.gov /hnr20/nde/prarticle.htm (3738 words)

	The News-Bulletin: Route 66 stencils mark historic highway in LL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		After it was decommissioned from the U.S. highway system in 1985, Audettefought to keep Route 66 alive for almost 20 years.
		Audette was eventually able to convince the State Highway Department to make and post signs that read "Historic Route 66." Only, after a short period of time after the signs were posted, they were all stolen.
		After forming the Route 66 chamber, the group proposed having the images stenciled onto the highway to the State Department of Transportation where it was later approved.
	www.news-bulletin.com /news/62162-06-10-06.html (807 words)

	Oregon @ WestCoastRoads.com - Oregon 99
		The completion of Interstate 5 signaled the end of the road for U.S. 99, and in 1971 the federal highway was decommissioned and renumbered Oregon 99.
		U.S. 126 was relocated to a freeway in 1971 and decommissioned in 1972 as Oregon 126.
		Interstate 5 parallels the state highway closely along the south banks of the river.
	www.westcoastroads.com /oregon/or-099.html (1645 words)

	Route 40 - Alignments Since 1925
		The State Road terminus was at the junction of U.S. Route 13; the San Francisco terminus was at the Palace of the Legion of Honor.
		In the process, the Route through Delaware shifted slightly as the highway was extended into Wilmington for ferry service across the Delaware River.
		Decommissioned in Nevada and west of Silver Creek Junction, Utah.
	www.route40.net /history/alignments.shtml (744 words)

	New look is coming to Balboa Avenue \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		In 2001, the state decommissioned the highway and gave the avenue to the city, along with $8.1 million to modify it and Rosecrans Street, also a former state highway.
		The problem: As a highway, Balboa Avenue wasn't supposed to have wide sidewalks, landscaping and the other niceties that characterize a city street in a neighborhood, and slow down traffic.
		But the clash of highway and neighborhood was dangerous, with 214 traffic accidents between 2002 and 2004, including three fatalities, city officials said.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20060303/news_7m3balboa.html (691 words)

	ROUTE 66 SIXTY SIX AMERICAN WORLD SOLAR CHALLENGE SOLAR CAR RACE LINKS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		US 66 was officially decommissioned (that is, officially removed from the US Highway System) in 1985 after it was decided the route was no longer relevant and had been replaced by the Interstate Highway System.
		The congressional response to the president's commitment was the passage of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, which provided a comprehensive financial umbrella to uderwrite the cost of the national interstate and defense highway system.
		Now that the highway has celebrated its 75th birthday, its contribution to the nation must be evaluated in the broader context of American social and cultural history.
	www.speedace.info /route_66.htm (4682 words)

	History of Ontario's Kings Highways - Hwy 117 (#1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The 2.1 km highway was first assumed by the DHO on February 21, 1961.
		It is also not clear whether the Hwy 117 route number was actually posted along the highway.
		While this route was officially known as Hwy 117, a possibility exists that this was in fact an unposted, secret route number.
	www.thekingshighway.ca /Hwy117.htm (161 words)

	Looking for pearls :: Route 66 :: June '97 -- October '97
		Businesses which never existed before the last stretch of highway was decommissioned now flog themselves with the familiar ROUTE 66 highway symbol.
		Short of having the President of the United States declaring 2,500 miles of highway a National Monument, appealing to the commercial and tourism benefits seems the surest way of keeping the road bed driveable and the roadside attractions operating.
		I'm wondering if this is a hangover, the result of refusing to acknowledge the new number applied by the state's highways department to the decommissioned 66, or whether the move to restore the highway has restored the name.
	www.synaptic.bc.ca /ejthree/011lukin.htm (737 words)

	Untitled Document
		At that time, the Interstate Highway System was established, and Interstates began to take over the function of the older U.S. routes.
		Following 1957, most of the changes to the U.S. Highway System have been decommissionings, although a few new routes have been established since then.
		U.S. Highways - A description of where the numbers of different U.S. Highways come from.
	www.msu.edu /~mccalebr/USHighways.html (249 words)

	Michigan Highway Ends (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This site showcases the endpoints of the many state routes that dot the landscape of the Wolverine State, past and present.
		If you have any pictures of a highway endpoint that has not been covered yet, an alternate perspective of an endpoint that has already been covered, or coverage of any historic endpoints of an existing or decommissioned highway, please contact Dan at dan#gribblenation.net (change "#" to "@" to e-mail).
		This summertime update of Michigan Highway Ends features the debut of the remaining U.S. route yet to be covered here, US 12, as well as the debut of the business route which serves Ferris State University, BUS US 131 - Big Rapids.
	www.state-ends.com.cob-web.org:8888 /michends (226 words)

	Indiana Highway Ends Gallery
		If you have any photos of a highway endpoint that has not been covered yet, an alternate perspective of an endpoint that has already been covered, or coverage of any historic endpoints of an existing or decommissioned highway, please contact Don Hargraves at indyroads#yahoo.com (change "#" to "@" to e-mail).
		The photos used on Indiana Highway Ends are the property of the photographer, and are used with the permission of the photographer.
		The shields used on Indiana Highway Ends are the property of Barry Camp.
	indyroads.50megs.com (310 words)

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